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Moo! Milk cartons bring Junk Kouture winners to Cannes

Moo was crowned the winner of the eighth annual Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture final at the 3Arena, when 86 student models performed in front of an audience of 6,500 friends and family.

Moo from Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone was modelled by Isabelle Clarke and designed by Mary Brody with the use of 300 milk cartons which were cut into shapes and connected together by over 30,000 O rings. Moo won the prestigious Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture trophy and €2,500 cash for their school. The team will each receive €500 cash and an iPad mini. Class will also be Cannes-celled for the five regional winning teams as they jet off with Bank of Ireland to the Cannes International Film Festival to walk the red carpet and showcase their incredible designs to the global paparazzi this summer.
Other prizes awarded included The Bank of Ireland Glamour Prize; awarded to She's No Egg, But She's Some Yolk from Our Lady’s Bower and What Lies Beneath from Moate Community School. The stylish winners will have the opportunity to model their outfits on the red carpet at the glamourous Royal Premier in London. In addition the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Award was awarded to Stand Up and Fight from Coláiste Nano Nagle, Limerick and the Bank of Ireland Techno Wearables Prize was awarded to Digital Download from Presentation College, Tuam Galway .

The young budding designers have been working tirelessly on their extraordinary designs since the start of the school year. They were tasked with creating haute couture outfits from recycled materials and junk. Each of the 86 finalists strutted the catwalk to thundering applause and screams from a capacity audience who were also treated to a performance by pop sensation and winner of Dancing with the Stars 2018 Jake Carter, four piece Indie/Pop outfit from Mullingar Fallen Lights and dance troupe XOD.

Laura Lynch, Head of Customer Propositions at Bank of Ireland said: “Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture has supported thousands of students over the years giving them a head start by teaching valuable skills such as teamwork, innovation and the opportunity to inspire each other throughout the competition. Every year we get to the grand final and are blown away once again with the creative talent in our schools. It’s no surprise that Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture has become a launch pad for a number of successful careers in architecture, fashion design, fine arts, teaching and entertainment. Congratulations to Moo who is taking the title of Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture winner back to her school Our Lady’s Bower in Athlone”.

Troy Amour, Co-Founder of Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture also commented: “It’s even better than last year, I cannot believe the incredible display of young Irish design talent. Thanks to our tireless partners bank of Ireland encouraging their partner schools to take part This year we had to add a fifth regional final (Dublin) in order to cope with this year’s jump in applicants from 1,300 to 1,533. The level of competition and standard of creativity keeps growing and we’re very excited to see what else is to come”

The winners of the eighth annual Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture were as follows;

Dublin Regional Winner:
Name: Inbhuanaitheacht
School: Malahide Community School
Model: Aisling Shiel
Students: Alex Mangan, Cliodhna Cole-Rigney
Made from: Flax-hemp a pure natural hemp fibre product that is made of the long fine fibre that comes from the stem of the flax plant

Griffith College Scholarship Prize:
Name: Inbhuanaitheacht
School: Malahide Community School
Scholarship awarded to: Alex Mangan for her design
Made from: Flax-hemp a pure natural hemp fibre product that is made of the long fine fibre that comes from the stem of the flax plant